BIT : Open call for pros

OPEN CALL for participation in professional delegate programme for the DRIFT SHOWCASE at Bergen Internasjonale Teater on Friday, 13 and Saturday, 14 November 2026

 On Friday, 13 and Saturday, 14 November the ten DRIFT WAVE 1 artists, namely Guilhelm Chatir, Malika Djardi, Moayed Elghazouani, Daria Hordiichuk, Christiana Kosiari, Sheena McGrandles, Ole Martin Meland, Paloma Muñoz, Piny and Miranda Secondari will share in a showcase short in progress performances followed by individual feedback conversations. The ten DRIFT partner institutions will be present in Bergen.

Furthermore, on Saturday, 14 November there will be a Pitching Session with eight renowned Norwegian artists – Harald Beharie, Carte Blanche / Mia Habib, Ingrid Berger Myhre, Mirte Bogaert, Mette Edvardsen, Ingri Fiksdal, Jassem Hindi and Susie Wang – moderated by Norwegian theatre, performance and dance researcher and critic Anette Therese Pettersen. 

This open call is directed to artistic directors and curators whose interests, expertise and practice are most closely aligned with the themes and artistic approaches developed by the DRIFT artists.

We are looking for programmers from all around Europe coming to discover DRIFT’s artists work.

We offer a grant of maximum Euro 1.000 per person to cover your travel to Bergen, your accommodation and subsistence costs, plus free tickets for the showcase.

In Fall 2026 Bergen Internasjonale Teater will spend its first month in its new venue called Sentralbadet Scenekunsthus, Bergen’s former public swimming pool which was transformed into a theatre. After eighteen years of being a theatre without theatre Sentralbadet Scenekunsthus will become BIT’s new home which we will test from October till December 2026 in form of a “TESTIVAL”. In March 2027, the official opening then will take place together with Carte Blanche, Norway’s National Dance Company, with whom we will share the house.

The TESTIVAL will allow BIT to get to know the venue’s personality and peculiarity. It will be a stretched festival dedicated to experiment and excitement going together with artists and guests through first creations and experiences.

In case you need any complementary information please contact BIT’s Curating Producer Ingrid Ellestad ingrid@bitteater.no.

Deadline is 4 October 2026.